School criticized for not being multicultural enough

Erich Kriegler · 7 Jun 2014 at 13:51

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Dev...le-different/story-21203950-detail/story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Ofsted-visits-London-mix-ethnic-pupils.html

"Payhembury Primary in Devon was criticised by Ofsted for being insufficiently ‘multicultural’.

So the 68-pupil Church of England school is asking parents to pay for their children to make a two-day trip to a school with a wide mix of ethnic backgrounds."

Ekim · 7 Jun 2014 at 13:59

Thanks for the links. Do you have any thoughts on this at all?

I don't think it is such a bad thing getting kids to mix with people from other cultural backgrounds than the ones that the are already used it.

Sounds like big fuss over nothing.

Rroff · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:04

Seems a bit silly, down in the South West a lot of schools don't have a massive ethnic diversity and your not going to do anything productive with a silly school trip. That said when I was at school we did used to do 1 day trips every other school year to mix with pupils from another school in the region so that aspect isn't so unusual.

Edrof · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:05

Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban. Ban.

dalin80 · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:05

Are schools in Birmingham or Oldham being told the same?

EdwardTeach · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:05

Totally pointless and a waste of money. I would refuse to let my children go on the trip, not because I am racist (my wife is Indian) but because the whole idea is ridiculous and condescending: "look kids, brown children, why don't got play nicely together".
I grew up in a 99% white area, I didn't turn me and my friends into bigots.

Stretch · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:22

So they're taking children to London to look at foreign people for the day.

A bit like a trip to the zoo prepares you for a life in the jungle?

Orionaut · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:33

Perhaps they should send them to visit the Park View Academy If you are going to go to the effort of teaching them about "Multiculturalism", You might as well do it properly! :/

Hades · 7 Jun 2014 at 14:39

Good luck with getting the parents to pay for it. I can't see that happening.

estebanrey · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:11

EdwardTeach said:
not because I am racist (my wife is Indian)

You do know the "I can't be racist because my girlfriend/best mate is [insert ethic minority here]" is a totally fallacious argument?

kitfit1 · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:31

The thing that maddens me most about this is the school and Ofsted's attitude.
The school is in an area where there is no significant ethnic diversity and Ofsted is not giving the school a top rating because of it. Can you all imagine the national uproar there would be if the same Ofsted team refused to give a school in central birmingham a top rating because there were no white children in the school. Parents have little choice where there children go to school and it's generally to the nearest one. Just because some of us live out in the sticks where there is not a large diversity of races, does not mean our schools should be penalized by the PC brigade within Ofsted.
Get off your high PC horse and judge schools on what they actually teach our children, not what your PC beliefs and friends in Notting Hill tell you they should teach.

'Harry · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:36

There was only 1 non white person in my secondary school..

Hades · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:41

estebanrey said:
You do know the "I can't be racist because my girlfriend/best mate is [insert ethic minority here]" is a totally fallacious argument?

While that is true it does give the person a better perspective on other cultures than a lot of people.

Sindri · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:42

estebanrey said:
You do know the "I can't be racist because my girlfriend/best mate is [insert ethic minority here]" is a totally fallacious argument?

Still, going off what you said it would be rather odd for a racist to date someone of another race that they would presumably detest?

estebanrey · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:44

Sindri said:
Still, going off what you said it would be rather odd for a racist to date someone of another race that they would presumably detest?

You are misunderstanding what a racist is. It is someone who hates ANY race/creed not someone who hates EVERY race/creed other than their own.

A person who has a black wife but hates Pakistanis is still a racist. Alternatively, someone who likes 'westernised' Asian women but dislikes their traditional counterpart and thinks they should all convert to the former would also be racist.

Guest2 · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:47

Id like to know if schools over in Islam have sausage and chips followed by chocolate concrete and mint custard.

antijoke · 7 Jun 2014 at 15:55

What a crock of **** this is.

radar19 · 7 Jun 2014 at 16:01

'Harry said:
There was only 1 non white person in my secondary school..

We didn't get our first black student till I was in year 11.

Eurofighter · 7 Jun 2014 at 16:02

I don't see a problem.

Sindri · 7 Jun 2014 at 16:04

estebanrey said:
You are misunderstanding what a racist is. It is someone who hates ANY race/creed not someone who hates EVERY race/creed other than their own.

A person who has a black wife but hates Pakistanis is still a racist.

Most racists generally appear to believe that their race is superior to all others, I would have thought it quite rare for someone to solely hate a single race without harbouring similar feelings for any others.